Engadget have been lucky enough to get some hands on time with the Zune HD following the exclusive demo that Steve Ballmer carried out.
The device is only a pre-production model however Engadget didn't notice a single hiccup while jumping through menus or playing back HD video.
They found the OLED screen to be absolutely stunning with colours being bright, edges crisp, and text clear.
The UI is an extension of the existing Zune interface, but way tricked out in this version, with lots of flipping images, scaling text, smooth scrolling, and an extreme emphasis on simple visual navigation.
Spotify is absolutely huge in the UK at the moment and the release of a mobile application is inevitable. It is almost a given that Spotify will release on the iPhone however it appears that Android has beaten the iPhone in developing the Spotify application. The official Spotify Android app has been demoed for the … Read more
There has been a lot of rumours flying around about the Zune HD in the recent weeks, and it has now been officially announced.
So far the specs are a little sketchy but Microsoft have revealed that the Zune HD will include a 3.3-inch, 480 x 272 OLED capacitive touchscreen display, built-in HD Radio receiver, HD output (utilizing a new dock — not on-board).
However the specs do conform to the leaked specifications a few weeks ago which includes:
Microsoft are getting rind of the squircle in favour a full multitouch device and they have suggested that some new touch-friendly apps and games would be released.
The device will boast an IE-based, customized browser, but little else was said in the way of software.
Zune integration is coming to the Xbox and Xbox Live, as the Zune marketplace will step in to replace the current Live video resources, expanding the library and offering all kinds of new perks.
It is also believed that the Zune will be released internationally!
While Symbian S60 phones may not be quite as exciting as the likes of the Pre or iPhone they can still be great phones. The Samsung i8910 HD is arguably the pick of the litter when it comes down to S60 with its massive 3.7” 640 x 360 capacitive touchscreen AMOLED screen, an 8 megapixel … Read more
LG has released the BD390 which is the world’s first DivX HD 1080p certified player. It was debuted at CES this year and features an 802.11n Wi-Fi module and support for DivX streaming from a DLNA server. Priced at $399.95, the LG BD390 also features BD-Live support, a 7.1-channel audio output, a 1GB of built-in … Read more
Great news for people living in the US. It has been officially announced that the Palm Pre will be available on June 6th and will cost $199.99 after $100 mail-rebate and 2-year contract. The phone will go on sale nationwide (US) at Sprint stores, Best Buy, Radio Shack, and select Wal-Mart stores. The Pre will … Read more
Unfortunately this won’t likely be seen anywhere but Japan, but Sharpe a releasing the mirumo 934SH for SoftBank (Japanese Telecom company). The 934SH features a 3-inch external display that can display time, date, weather, news but manages to only consume 5% five per cent of the power used by previous external displays. Sharp is coining … Read more
Vodafone have made a landmark move in scrapping the roaming charges across Europe. This change will take effect from June and will be a 3 month trial initially. All Vodafone Pay As You Go and Pay Monthly customers will benefit from the change as long as they have opted into the network’s free Vodafone Passport … Read more
AMD today launched a factory-overclocked version of its ATI Radeon HD 4890 graphics chipset. The move takes the 850MHz core clock speed of the standard edition and boosts it to 1GHz. This overclocked model is the first GPU to reach the 1 gigahertz milestone, which according to AMD will boost the peak computing power from … Read more
NVIDIA 3D Vision is a clever little gadget that will bring 3D tech to your PC without having to buy a dedicated screen. It is now on sale in the UK from a variety of retailers and works by lashing up a pair of wireless 3D specs to an infrared transmitter and use some software … Read more
Zdnet are reporting some very interesting information about the rumoured Microsoft Pink Phone. While the Pink Phone has not been confirmed the rumours are largely fuelled by the specification for the Windows Mobile 7 Chassis 1. According to Znet they received the following specification from a “trustworthy source” WM7 Chassis 1 Specification Core requirements: Processor: … Read more
Just because we love the feeling of disappointment when a rumour turns out to be false we have some more Palm Pre rumours. The Boy Genius Report is claiming that Palm and Sprint will "make a big announcement in the Wall Street Journal on May 19th." Unless they are declaring themselves bankrupt I can only … Read more
The senior vice president of the Windows Business at Microsoft, Bill Veghte, has confirmed that Windows 7 will be available to customers in time for the holiday shopping season. He said: We’re tracking well to deliver Windows 7 in time for holiday availability based on the groundswell of feedback we received from the partner ecosystem, … Read more
The very popular Nokia E71 is rumoured to be getting refreshed as the E71i, which will come equipped with various updates including a 5-megapixel camera. The E71i will also be upgraded to use Symbian S60 FP2, and a new range of colours via Unwired
Samsung’s phase change RAM will go into mass production starting in June. These chips represent a big evolutions from traditional RAM. The PRAM chips can rewrite data without having to erase what’s already on there first allowing them to perform up to 30x quicker and last 10x longer than traditional flash memory. Phase-change Random Access … Read more
